Anterograde interference emerges along a gradient as a function of task similarity: A behavioural study.

ABSTRACT: Anterograde interference emerges when two opposite (B → A) or identical tasks (A → A) are learned in close temporal succession, suggesting that interference cannot be fully accounted for by competing memories. Informed by neurobiological evidence, this work tested the hypothesis that interference depends upon the degree of overlap between the neural networks involved in the learning of two tasks. In a fully within-subject and counterbalanced design, participants (n = 24) took part in two learning sessions where the putative overlap between learning-specific neural networks was behaviourally manipulated across four conditions by modifying reach direction and the effector used during gradual visuomotor adaptation. The results showed that anterograde interference emerged regardless of memory

SUBMITTER: Hamel R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9299670 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature